How to draw A Street Corner in Two-Point

How to draw A Street Corner in Two-Point

What you need

• Drawing paper Cartridge or sketch paper with a little tooth.
• Blue pencil A light blue col-erase pencil, or a very light HB.
• Graphite pencils HB and 2B; a 4B or 6B for the darkest darks.
• Kneaded eraser Press and lift; pinch it to a point for highlights.
• Sharpener A sharp point makes cleaner hatching.

Step by step

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   Placement

   Eye level and two vanishing points

   Standing in the street, your eyes are 1.6 m up. Rule the horizon low on the page and set two vanishing points on it.

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   Big shapes

   The nearest corner

   Draw the nearest corner as one vertical and tick the floors on it. Run lines from its top and base to each vanishing point.

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   Construction

   Floors and the far ends

   Carry each floor from the corner to both vanishing points. Close each facade with a vertical at its far end.

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   Construction

   Equal bays with diagonals

   Draw a middle line to the vanishing point. A diagonal from one bay line’s top, through the next one’s middle, finds the bay after.

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   Construction

   A window in the middle of each bay

   Cross one bay’s diagonals to find its middle, and hang the window on it. Every sill and head runs to its vanishing point.

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   Construction

   The kerb and the lamp post

   The kerb runs with each facade, to the same vanishing points. The lamp post is three eye levels tall: measure it against the horizon.

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   Construction

   Commit the lines, lift the blue

   Graphite from corner to corner: the near corner firmest, edges lighter as they recede. Leave the construction behind and lift every blue line.

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   Light and shadow

   One facade in sun, one in shadow

   The sun is on the left. The left facades face it and stay light; the right facade turns away: one even middle grey.

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   Finishing touches

   The darkest darks

   Deepen the glass by the near corner and the post’s shaded side. Its shadow runs level: the sun is square to your view.